Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society . elast date on which he attended the Lodge was on 4 Decem-ber, 1820. William Bowley died on 5 June, 1821. In the ShrewsburyChronicle of 8 June, 1821 is this obituary notice :— Tuesday,Mr. Bowley, Engraver, of this town, aged 63. Wm. Bowleyhad married at Berrington, on 17 June, 1789, Ann Calcott,but his married life did not last seven years, as his wife diedon 4 May, 1796. On the south side of Berrington Church,near the porch, is a gravestone with this inscription :— Hererest the remains of Ann Bowley of Shrewsbury, Wife
Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society . elast date on which he attended the Lodge was on 4 Decem-ber, 1820. William Bowley died on 5 June, 1821. In the ShrewsburyChronicle of 8 June, 1821 is this obituary notice :— Tuesday,Mr. Bowley, Engraver, of this town, aged 63. Wm. Bowleyhad married at Berrington, on 17 June, 1789, Ann Calcott,but his married life did not last seven years, as his wife diedon 4 May, 1796. On the south side of Berrington Church,near the porch, is a gravestone with this inscription :— Hererest the remains of Ann Bowley of Shrewsbury, Wife otWilliam Bowley of Shrewsbury. She died 4 May, 1796, atthe early age of 26 years. 11 is son, Richard Joseph Bowley, succeeded him in hisbusiness of an engraver, which he carried on at the WyleCop. He was admitted and sworn a burgess of Shrewsburyon 24 February 1820. In an advertisement in the ShrewsburyChronicle of 13 July 1821, he informs the friends of his latefather that he carries on the Engraving business in all itsbranches, and specially mentions Humphrey Walcot of walcot. FHOM THE ORIGINAL in the possession of CANON A. J. BLENCOWE THE SEQUESTRATION PAPERS OFH U M PHREY WALCOT. By the Rev. JOHN R. BURTON, , Rector of Bitterley] Previous editors of these documents have introduced theirsubject by a short sketch of the family in question, showingits origin, its position in the county at the time of the CivilWar, and the: personal character and public acts of theindividual chiefly concerned. Eyton, when speaking ofVVaLcot, says : This is one of the few Shropshire familieswhose existence from the thirteenth century to the presentday can be traced in the male line. The beautifullyemblazoned pedigrees on vellum rolls, drawn up by theHeralds in the reigns of Elizabeth and James I., are still inexistence. After many generations of Welsh chieftains,including Roderick the Great and Howel Dda, they tracedown the lineage to Efa, daughter of Bleddyn, Prince ofPo
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